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I think Slayer is a funky band.
Playing with Ozzy was a dream come true.
I feel like I've always been a great mediator.
I believe in rock and roll and heavy music in general.
I think every Metallica album is unique in its own way.
As long as there is communication, everything can be solved.
Being able to surf in Tahiti and places like Brazil was unreal.
My first gig with Metallica was at San Quentin State Penitentiary.
One thing about being in Metallica is I've always felt challenged.
When Lars said, 'We want you to be in Metallica,' I was blown away.
It's really, really great; it's special when people embrace your music.
I always say, 'Hey, I'm in Metallica, but I wasn't on the Black Album.'
For me, the most important thing that I tell young people is to have fun.
You want your fanbase and new fans too, to embrace the music, the new music.
There's a lot of personality in Lars's drumming. That's what makes it unique.
'Justice' is the biggest challenge 'cause it's also complex in the arrangements.
When I was younger, I was trying to create from attitude more than anything else.
I was fortunate to not get wrapped up too hard in anything that was too dangerous.
It's all about the experience and having a good time and connecting with the fans.
I'm always pulling and really feeding off of my inspirations. I think most musicians do.
What I have learned about Metallica is that it's all about taking chances and challenges.
If you choose to take care of yourself, you're going to get more mileage for your career.
We see kids out there on their parent's shoulders rocking out. And that's really special.
It's really a rush and a thrill to feel you've been part of a body of music that's inspiring.
Any band that you have, any relationship in your life, is gonna come with moments of tension.
That's all I ever do, just try and do the best I can and cater to the song, cater to the music.
The cool thing about the smaller gigs - it's the intimacy. You really feel connected to the crowd.
Flamenco was probably the first music that I may have heard as a baby, because my father played flamenco.
Writing a Metallica song is a journey and a process, and it takes time, but that's what's special about it.
With my experience with Metallica, I've already surfed Portugal, Morocco, and all over Australia with Kirk.
I've played with the best drummers in rock, ranging from Josh Freese to Brooks Wackerman to even Dave Lombardo.
I've been wearing Vans since I was a little kid. I wear them on stage, and I grew up skateboarding and surfing.
I think that young people should embrace artists like Lemmy from Motorhead but also be open to different styles.
With our producer, Greg Fidelman, it was really a joy to work with him and to try different things and experiment.
The great thing about Metallica's music and the lyrics, it's always going to be hopefully a motivating experience.
We like to challenge ourselves, and having new material and presenting it to the world is fun and exciting and fresh.
I knew Rocky George, the guitar player, 'cause I went to junior high school with him, so I've known him for many years.
In a lot of ways, Metallica is like a fusion band. It's not necessarily jazz or any of that, but the music is grooving.
Don't make music to make money, because that's not why you should be doing it. Have fun, be creative, and embrace the past.
I always say my role in Metallica is to support the song and to support my team, and whatever that means, I'm there for it.
You need to find a way to propel this creativity to the masses. People get brainwashed and they start to forget what's good.
James Hetfield, I mean, the minute he plugs in his guitar and adjusts the tone knob, he comes up with the world's greatest riff.
I just wanted to experiment with the bass, and my main influence from Jaco Pastorius inspired me to write music in a certain way.
'Mama I'm Coming Home' is one song that I think is incredible. One of his best songs ever written. Lemmy wrote the lyrics to that.
We just like to make great songs and have fun, and if people want to nominate us for a Grammy and celebrate it, then we'll take it.
I was in a party band in the early '80s, and we played Sabbath and Ozzy songs as well as Rush and Van Halen... all that kinds of stuff.
Mike Clark, who's a really amazing surfer, got me back into surfing. I surfed a lot from '82 to '86, and then I kind of started slacking.
With Metallica, it's hard. I tend to like it all, but the older stuff, when we get into the deeper cuts, it really excites me personally.
I went to jazz school. Not to say I'm a great jazz musician, but I studied under some great teachers. It was an important part of my life.
Between 'St. Anger' and 'Death Magnetic,' we had, if I'm not mistaken, five kids born. And, of course, that would allow things to take time.